Becky’s ever-expanding vocabulary
I love my daughter. She is my princess. She’s wonderful. She’s growing. Every day she seems more and more like an adult. I now have her showering by herself. “Herself” is me meticulously watching...
Author: Samuel Clemens
Your New Room
We’re redoing our house. Right now the first floor is in shambles. We had carpet my wife hated. We had hardwood I hated. We had vinyl linoleum we both hated. It’s now all gone....
Amazing Autumn Adventures
Every fall our family goes to a pumpkin patch. My wife loves the pumpkins, apple picking, baked goods, petting zoo, kiddo activity and farm fun provided at these fall festivities. This year we headed...
How to make your five-year-old cry
Kids are not logical creatures. When dinner is on the stove, and the timer is counting down with 15 minutes left, they’ll begin crying about how hungry they are and try to weasel some...
We’ve named him Thatcher
My wife decided our family was not yet complete. As children are now physically out of the equation, she decided she wanted a dog. I simply decided I wanted a happy life, so I...
Explaining Death to Toddlers: Part 2
Since the last post was such a laugh riot, I thought I’d continue through that weekend, several months ago, by telling the story of the following day, the funeral. Actually, the layout, funeral and...
Explaining Death to Toddlers
It’s hard enough explaining life to your kids. Teaching them social norms that go counter to what we really want. “No you can’t have ice cream for breakfast. No you can’t stay up to...
“Who’s Your Favoite Baby?”
My mother-in-law started a running inside joke, where she claims you are her favorite “overly specific qualifier that only you fit in, so of course you’re her favorite.” It’s run over into our family....
I have my Becky Thatcher
Not too terribly long ago I wrote about our struggles with holding onto a pregnancy to term. It was a hard post to write, and since then, I haven’t much felt like posting to...
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